#AmericanWriters
Gather quickly Out of darkness All the songs you know And throw them at the sun Before they melt
Night funeral In Harlem: Where did they get Them two fine cars? Insurance man, he did not pay—
Big Boy came Carrying a mermaid On his shoulders And the mermaid Had her tail
Because my mouth Is wide with laughter And my throat Is deep with song, You do not think
He glides so swiftly Back into the grass— Gives me the courtesy of road To let me pass, That I am half ashamed
Here I sit With my shoes mismated. Lawdy—mercy! I’s frustrated!
Let the rain kiss you. Let the rain beat upon your head w… Let the rain sing you a lullaby. The rain makes still pools on the… The rain makes running pools in th…
I’m all alone in this world, she s… Ain’t got nobody to share my bed, Ain’t got nobody to hold my hand— The truth of the matter’s I ain’t got no man.
Go home and write a page tonight. And let that page come out of you— Then, it will be true. I wonder if it’s that simple?
I work all day, Said Simple John, Myself a house to buy. I work all day, Said Simple John,
I will take you heart. I will take your soul out of your… As though I were God. I will not be satisfied With the touch of your hand
Where is the Jim Crow section On this merry—go—round, Mister, cause I want to ride? Down South where I come from White and colored
It’s such a Bore Being always Poor.
By what sends the white kids I ain’t sent: I know I can’t be President.
Let America be America again. Let it be the dream it used to be. Let it be the pioneer on the plain Seeking a home where he himself is… (America never was America to me.…